Hello blog family,
Santa brought me an iPhone for Christmas, so I figured I would try blogging from this thing. Technology has left me in the dust since leaving the States two years ago, so bare with me.
Since I last blogged I have been down for the count. About four days after returning from my close of service conference in St. Lucia I came down with a serious stomach ache. As most Peace Corps Volunteers can attest to, we are very used to stomach issues in foreign countries, so my concern wasn't raised to much. Sparing details, I wasn't far from the bathroom for two full days. I decided it was time to see a doctor. When describing the symptoms to the doctor at the hospital, he sounded concerned and quickly hooked me up to an IV and pushed fluids through me. After two bags of fluid, a blood teat and three nasty stool samples it was determined I had a bacterial stomach infection. In the Grenada context, this is probably from the water or not washing my vegetables properly. Both could be true for me.
I spent the day at the hospital and was finally discharged with plenty antibiotics and feeling a little bit better. I spent the remaining four days in bed and can happily say I am back to normal and feeling good. I wouldn't wish those stomach pains on anyone and hope I don't ever deal with that again.
Happy Sunday all.
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